China Huadian, a leading state-owned electricity generating corporation, said on Thursday that it has commenced a full-scale construction of its wind farm on Sanshan Island in Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, after installing the first turbine at what is currently the country's farthest‑from‑shore project.
Located south of the Hailing Island, the project has a planned capacity of 500 megawatts.
Covering 54 square kilometers of sea area and water depths of 46 to 50 meters, the center of the wind farm is 82 kilometers from land, with its farthest point 89 kilometers offshore.
The wind farm will deploy 31 turbines, each with a capacity of 16.2 megawatts, making it China's first large-scale application of the model.
The project will use big data and intelligent algorithms to monitor turbine conditions, diagnose faults and coordinate operations, aiming to lift output by one to two percent, cut fault rates by 20 percent and raise returns by five to ten percent, China Huadian said.
"Once complete, it will generate about 1.6 billion kilowatt hours of clean power annually, enough to meet the needs of around 700,000 households. The project is expected to save more than 500,000 tonnes of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.26 million tonnes each year, contributing to energy transition in the Greater Bay Area," said Li Xiang, director of the Sanshan Island wind farm project under China Huadian.
China's farthest offshore wind farm begins full-scale construction
China's consumer goods industry got off to a good start in 2026, with main indicators registering steady growth in the first two months, according to the data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The value added of enterprises above the designated size -- whose annual main business income reaches 20 million yuan (about 2.93 million U.S. dollars) or more -- in this sector increased by 4.8 percent year on year in January and February, accounting for 29.2 percent of the total value added, 3.1 percentage points higher than that of last year. Among the 14 major industry categories, 10 achieved positive growth.
In the two months, these enterprises achieved a business revenue of approximately 5.1 trillion yuan, up 4.4 percent year on year, while the total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 8.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.8 percent.
"The first two months were in the traditional peak consumption season, driving the growth of orders and helping to unleash production capacity in the consumer goods industry. Some emerging consumption patterns, such as experience consumption and trendy toy consumption, grew rapidly, and the supply market showed a diversified growth trend," said Dai Xiaoxia, deputy director of the Institute of Consumer Goods Industry Research of China Center for Information Industry Development.
In terms of foreign trade, exporters above the designated size delivered consumer goods worth around 592.54 billion yuan, up 2.2 percent year on year, with the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, the papermaking and paper products industry registering relatively rapid growth.
China will increase the supply of high-quality products in the consumer goods industry, steadily promoting the intelligent, green and integrated development of the sector.
China's consumer goods industry posts steady growth in first 2 months
